Moorings, Membership and Admin
call Tom on 01326 340525

Restaurant Bookings
call 01326 340065

OPENING TIMES

Open every Thursday from 6pm with a Winter Warmer Dish and Vegetarian and GF option

Open every Friday and Saturday from 6pm with 3 Starters, 4 Mains and 3 Puddings + Vegetarian & GF options

Please call 01326 340065 to book a table

Port Navas Yacht Club is a friendly members club that welcomes visitors.

Founded in 1958, the Club is part of the picturesque village of Port Navas, set on the beautiful Helford River. From the Club you have access onto The Helford river and out into Falmouth Bay. Or you can go inland down the river to Gweek passing ancient oak forests on the way – but make sure you get the tides right.

The Club welcomes visitors – by boat, by foot and by car.

We have 26 Pontoon berths, 18 creek moorings, 32 beach moorings and racks for small dinghies. Parking is, we are afraid, limited. Where possible, or when the car park is full, please could you park in the village and walk along the charming river front – it’s a three minute walk and good for you!

Our small and quirky Club house serves great value food and drink.

Visiting boats can use the pontoon, The Club, the shower and the loos.

HELP WANTED

Mike and Nigel are looking for help running the Bar & Restaurant at Port Navas YC. We have a small team of part timers already but will need more regular staff as the season approaches. We are looking for someone who is equally happy helping in the kitchen, doing a bit of washing up and serving on tables and in the bar. It’s a fun work environment, pay is above National Living Wage and you get an equal share of tips. Oh and you will learn some good cooking skills.

Hours will range from 5 to 25 hours a week.

Champagne Brunch

Sunday 25th March 10:30am - 2:30pm

A special brunch to celebrate the beginning of British Summer Time. Champagne, oysters and other delights.

Thursday Nights

Thursday 29th March

From Maundy Thursday (29 March) we will no longer be doing the one pot winter warmer, one pot wonder! We will be offering the standard restaurant menu from then onwards.

Easter Sunday

Sunday 1st April

We will also be open for lunch on Easter Sunday, 12.30 – 14.30, so bookings can be taken from now on.

18Mar

DIY FENCING & RACKS

I have turned to youtube and my limited DIY skills to replace the wooden fencing in front of the staff car parking which Peter Goad put up. This fencing also had two canoe racks which have fallen apart over the years. With limited knowledge, I am a firm believer in having lots of tools to make up for a lack of knowledge. Not sure that works though….

Started off badly, I measured out where I wanted the centre of the new kayak rack to be – 6 ft from the end for a 12ft kayak – and then marked that point. Next I marked two and half feet from the centre on each side where I needed to put my first two posts. Having done that, I then put up the first post. Went really well. But then I realised that I had put the post on my centre mark, not on the two marks either side. So down came the first post. Now have three posts up, halfway way through. Will report back next week….

18Mar

Cooking On Gas

Two of the six gas burners weren’t working properly in the kitchen so we had a specialist come in to have a look. While looking at the burners, he noticed that we didn’t have an automatic shut-off system linked to the fans in case of a power cut which has become obligatory a long time after the cooker was installed. The upshot was that he would have to report us for not having this system and that we would be required to put in. So fixing the two burners became a much, much more expensive job. We now have 6 working burners, an automatic shut-off system and another bill !!!

11Mar

ENGINE STORE

Following the theft of two outboards from Annabelle Lucas’s shed (aka Decibel) some 10 days ago, we have changed the combination lock on the engine store which is the first shed on your left as you enter the club. It was pointed out to me that with a small amount of muscle you could wiggle the small brass lock over the bolt and open the shed without the combination. So just to beef up the defenses, I have added a much bigger lock.

Please contact me for the new code!

11Mar

SERVICING THE MOORINGS

I joined Brendan Rowe and his team of 4 from Seawide Services this morning as they serviced the trot and swinging moorings. They have all been checked and cleaned for the Spring. It involves lifting each buoy out of the water and then a driver going down in zero visibility to check on the connection to the concrete or granite blocks. This morning I can report that it was fairly cold, mizzling, 9 degrees water temperature and virtually zero visibility. We had all the chains, fittings and buoys for trots 1-15 replaced last year.

Diver and Standby Rescue Diver

Dave The Dive Dog

11Mar

BEACH MOORINGS

The wall is finished and Tony has fitted a new chain along the rebuilt part of the wall. The chain is bigger to allow you to attach shackles into an individual link. Next week we’ll clear the beach of a small amount of debris from the old wall and we’ll lay out the blue guide string so that you can fix your running lines. Please use sinking line this year – available from The Club at trade + 10% if needed. I will also paint numbers on the new part of the wall and attempt to get my 4’s the right way round……

03Mar

SNOW PICTURES

SNOW BUT NOT AT PNYC (I MEAN THE PICTURES)

OK.
This time we have snow.
Quite a lot of snow.
And very very icy roads. So much so that my planned trip down to The Club to take pictures had to be abandoned. I therefore don’t have any pictures of The Club in the snow for this newsletter so here’s a glimpse of the snow at our house just up the road. If you have any pictures of PN in the snow, please do forward to us.

01Mar

NEVER THROW ANYTHING AWAY…

So 5 or 6 years ago we had a similar amount of snow. And the kids loved it. But we didn’t have, and couldn’t buy, any sledges. The snow lasted about 24 hours and then was gone but I cunningly bought three plastic sledges for the next time it snowed. Smart right? But it didn’t snow. Again and again it didn’t snow. And the three sledges were just getting in the way. And it didn’t snow this Christmas. So in January I took the three sledges to the dump. Now I’m an idiot! Luckily it turns out that boogie boards make very good Cornish sledges……

01Mar

Membership and Moorings

The latest batch of some 50 membership cards were posted today. Thanks to everyone who has signed up again. If you know of anyone who should be a member, do drop us an email with their details and we’ll get in touch!

Many many thanks to all those with moorings who have, or who are, getting back to me for 2018. The pontoons are now full and I have a waiting list of two. The beach is virtually full although I am waiting on renewal confirmation from a couple of members. We do have some trot moorings available so do get in touch if a trot might be handy.

14Feb

OWNERLESS CANOE

One canoe has been re-united with it’s owner. The second canoe, this one below, remains unclaimed and will be “re-cycled” to a member if still ownerless by the end of next week (I have 3 members interested on a first-come basis).